CS DBA <cs_dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The app wants to run a query like this: > > select count(pri_num) from max_xtrv_st_t > where pri_num in (select max(pri_num) from max_xtrv_st_t where 1=1 > group by tds_cx_ind, cxs_ind_2) Why not something simpler? There are a number of possibilities, and I don't claim this one is necessarily best (or even error free), but how about something like?: select count(*) from (select distinct max(pri_num) from max_xtrv_st_t group by tds_cx_ind, cxs_ind_2) x -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance